The Indians lost 4 of 6 against Tampa Bay during the regular season, but the teams have not played since June 2nd.

If Cleveland wants to win, they most likely will have to get to Cobb early and get into Tampa Bay’s bullpen. With a 2.76 ERA, Cobb was the Rays’ best starting pitcher throughout the regular season (when he was healthy).

The city of Cleveland has been electric in preparation for tonight’s game. I hope the 43,000+ fans in the sold out Progressive Field are loud from the start. Not only will an loud and electric crowd help the Indians’ players, but the fans can negatively affect the Rays’ players (as we saw last night when Pittsburgh’s crowd dramatically affected the Reds’ players). Seeing a sold out stadium and playoff baseball in Cleveland again will be incredible.

I predict the Indians to win 5-3 tonight and advance to the ALDS.

First pitch is set for 8:07 on TBS.

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The Indians’ 25-man roster can be re-done after every series. So if they win tonight, they can change it (which is why Ubaldo Jimenez is not on the roster because he will be starting Friday if Cleveland wins tonight and they can therefore use his spot for the game tonight for another reliever). The 25-man roster can be seen below: